The Shardlake series

Book cover for Dissolution

Dissolution

The first Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling historical crime series. In an age of treachery and turmoil, a brutal murder causes Commissioner Matthew Shardlake the ultimate test of faith . . .

Book cover for Heartstone

Heartstone

The fifth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. With invasion from France imminent, Matthew Shardlake’s investigation into a suspicious suicide leads him to the flagship of England’s fleet, the Mary Rose . . .

Book cover for Lamentation

Lamentation

The sixth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart . . .

Book cover for Dark Fire

Dark Fire

The second Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. A secret thought lost to the ages has been uncovered in Tudor London, and it’s worth killing to protect . . .

Book cover for Sovereign

Sovereign

The third Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. On a journey to win over his subjects, a conspiracy threatens to strike Henry VIII from his throne . . .

Book cover for Tombland

Tombland

The seventh Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. With England on the brink of collapse, a peasant rebellion forces Matthew Shardlake to examine where his loyalties truly lie . . .

Book cover for Revelation

Revelation

The fourth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. As suspicion and hatred abounds, a sequence of sinister murders leads to the very heart of the Tudor court . . .